The Lucknow Sentinel, 1998-10-07, Page 1VOL 12$ '40
uron-. ' class elector
Two in race
for mayor
by pat Livingston and Bruce Tanner, all cur-
. . As of Monday after- .. rent .Huron Township
noon, several ,people had .councillors, •
declared, their intentions to
seek a position on council
for the new municipality
of the Township of Huron -
Kinloss.
Stuart Reavie,
Lucknow's current reeve,
and -Murray Thompson,
Huron Township's reeve:.
'have filed papers for the
position of mayor,
onlY one_iainie. so ,far
for the deputy -reeve" and
-
that's Keith Vanderlioek
who is the current deputy'
reeve of Huron Township.
Five councillors are 'to
be elected for thenew
ntuniicigality.''ib date,.foulr
have -entered their names-
Lillian .Abbott, current
Lucknow
urret.tLucknow councillor; Bert
Elliott, Wilfred' Gamble
Two people, one • from
the former village .of
Lucknow and one from
the Former Ripley PVC,
are needed to sit on the
Lucknow-Ripley PVC.'
John D MacKay has filed
to represent the former
Ripley PUC, A, Lucknow
rep is still needed.
The deadline for filing,
papers is Oct, 9 at;. p.m.
However,_ anyone who.
files 'has the opJti:on of
withdrawing ,up to Oct.. 13 -
at 5 p.m, 1, •
Voting day is, Nov. 9,
with advance poll on Oct:
31. The preliminary lists
of voters have now been
posted .at. the municipal
offices: Check them out to
make sure .you , are ,regis-
tered.
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And Burgess had•. no fear in having:`
his:. face' painted by Jessica"'Gilchr.ist on
Saturday. He knew the paint'mould wash otf
his face taster than. his hair grew back after he
was shaved bald earlier'this year -for the Cops
fpr. Cancer fund-raiser. Jessica was helping
raise .money tor' the Guides and Pathfinders
Mosaic trip, while Andy, was on, ditty' at; the. Chil-
dren's car seat, safety check On Saturday.
(ileum photo)
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' WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1998
reakfast progr
by Pat Livingston
"It takes a village to raise a child." That's the motto of
staff at Lucknow Central Public School -who are.
involved in the daily ;morning breakfastsbeing offered
to students who, for any reason,. didn't have the most
important meal of the day.
The program is an initiative of LCPS with moral and
Monetary support ($2,000) from the 131uewater District
. School Board. Teacher .•
Deb Marion has had a
keen interest in getting,
this program going at
LCPS, but it• wasn't' until
,this year that it came
about: An .application
has' 'been made to:
Canadian . Living
Breakfast for Learning.
for monetary, support
too. The Canadian,
Living Foi#ndatioe
65f INC1
lDES G
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start to the dayand all the.advantages we can to opti-
rnize the learning process," says Marion. "
Students who access the breakfast program, can
choose from healthy cereal, toast and jam (or honey), ,
and juice. Campbell hopes to. have one hot breakfast per
week on the menu. Children have the responsibility of
washing up their dishes. '
The teachers aim to have a Core gi uup of volunteers
. in place to supervise
and prepare ,the break-
fasts. Theyare reaching
into the comrnunity for
these volunteers, If they
can recruit 20 to 25 vol.
unteers, each would ,
have only one Morning
per month,
In the 'first three days
of the programan aver
age.of .12 students came.
(CLF) provides 44 pia>4 iri for tai 97''CL
�° ; in,4.1'9'97° �L'l�' surdey;
form'for the devet'op,.. �, of'2,000•Canariians".'it
rnent and. sponsorship of v was ,, found`,. that.
programs designed to °` `Canadians strongly
assist. and proniete the ,Anne Mann (left) is one of the volunteers for the agree with the state-
w+ellbeiiig of',Canadian breakfast prcgram'•at t,CPS. The program, co-ordinat , ment: "Child hunger in
familieswith the,.focus ed by Marlene Campbell (centre), and Deb' Marione,; the early " years. of:
on children," received Some Monetary" support from••the Bluevvater school: increases the
Teacher, Marlene school board. (Livingston photo), likelihood Of. poor '
Campbell` explained 'that school perfortnanee,,
'the school did a survey last spring on the eating habits of behavioral probletns, school' drop-out and criminal
LCPS students. The results showed that .there were activity If not addressed? child hunger will have a nega-
number of student* who didn't eat breakfast beeause.•of, tive.impact on:.Canada's economic competitiveness'in
various reasons -- they got up too late, they didn't feel the future."
like-eating'that early or there Was not enough food in the:,. .... "It takes a village to raise a Child," Can you help a"s a
house, volunteer?- Call Deb Marion or Marlene Campbell: at• •
really important that we give our children.a good LCPS• 528-3022.
!.urance pasts decrease'
:Ashfield Township approved its;
renewalof insurance coverage when it
met on Sept. 22, Jeff -Coleman, of Prank"
Cowan. insurance:- Co: and Wayne
McDonagh of McDonagh Insurance
, Brokers attended the' meeting to;; present,
the: 98199 program.
The total Cost is $26,033 plus taxes,:
which is a decrease of $3,0010 from 'last
year's premium.
Sanies Rieck discussed his
assessment to the Cowan.
Drain; for ,work, recently
completed.He:explained
that part of his land has been
severed to create lots prior to his •
purchase` of the land and that, he was
assessedfor the total acreage including
the severed lots now owned.by others.
Council advised' that either a new-
engineer's
ewengineer's report would have to bedrawn
up: or the current owners 'of the severed
lots would: have to sign" a document
agreeing to assume part of the drainage:
assessment on their lands,
"Ater discussion,, a resolution from ,the
Township of Qravenhurst received "eoun-
eil'.s support. The resolution .asks the ,.
Constable
province to make amendments: to, the
Ontario Municipal Board appeal process
and/or the Panning Act because of the
potential for abuse of the process.,
Council denied: a 'request' 'from
Colborne Township "to share in thecosts
related to a stray dog pickedup by the:
Colborne animal control: officer in the
boundary area of Colborne "and_Ashfield
It. was noted that the same sn
uation had recently
occurred on the ,Ashfield-;
Huron*Township boundary
with:: Ashfield assuming all
costs associatedwith the
capture,and disposal of the dog,
The clerk will investigate options for
the care of the park lot in Dungannon as
the 10E Foresters, Court Beniniller
#7901, -advised, eouncil `they will no
longer provide niainte±nance.
Council will be advising the minister'
of -environment that it strongly apposes
the draft regulation; designating dust sup-
pressants' as a waste product and the con-
ditions that would be imposed as a result.
of this designation,
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Question
asin,
ubu
la rr
West ' Wawanosh
Township: council has
been approached by
Huron County Library
Board to support the dos-
ing of the 'Auburn branch,
library.
Before council makes a
decision, asurvey will be
posted in the branch; and
the post office for four"
weeks requesting public
comments.
Council decided at its
,Sept, 22 meeting to retain
the services of 13. Culbert
1.td., 0ntaria Land.
Survey, of Goderich, to
continue with the; pro
posed Boundaries Act
application for thetoWn-"
ship landfill site on Part of
• Lot 21, Cone, 8,